---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF BARRINGTON"
description: "AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF BARRINGTON"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5330"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5330 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Barrington", "Charter"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cassar", "Knight"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ba10f0e-6496-42b8-8359-22e64773a97e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d64df591ee4c227373c0a8e22adadd1352dd51979df495396d95d79d6200030a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---

# Rhode Island HB 5330 (2021) — AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF BARRINGTON

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **5330** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5330.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cassar — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-04** 02/04/2021 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** 02/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/11/2021)
- **2021-02-11** 02/11/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-03-15** 03/15/2021 Scheduled for consideration (03/18/2021)
- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** 03/19/2021 Placed on House Calendar (03/25/2021)
- **2021-03-25** 03/25/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-03** 04/03/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/07/2021)
- **2021-04-07** 04/07/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** 04/09/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (04/13/2021)
- **2021-04-13** 04/13/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-04-13** 04/13/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-21** 04/21/2021 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ba10f0e-6496-42b8-8359-22e64773a97e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).